Improvement in bed-lounges



GEORGE-HARTZELL & JOHN. P, RElFSNElDE R.

Improvement in Bed-Lounges.

Patented M13196, i871.

I l I I i I I I l 1 ma -88g. 255? 1 GEORGE HARTZELL AND JOHNREIFSNEIDER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PA.

IMPROVEMENT IN BED-LOUNGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 115,732, dated June 6,1871.

We, Gnonen HARTZELL and J OHN P. REIF- SNEIIDER, of Philadelphia, countyof Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certainImprovements in Bed- Lounges, of which the following is a specification.

Nature and Object of the Invention.

Description of the Accompanying Drawing.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved bedlounge 5 Figs. 2 and 3,transverse sections of the same; Fig. 4, a longitudinal section; andFig. 5, a plan view.

Genera-Z Description.

The lounge proper consists of a frame or seat, A, inclined upward at oneend to form an arm, B, and having secured to its rear edge the usualback piece G, the whole being supported by four feet, a a a a. A frame,D, of the same size and shape as the seat A and arm 13 combined, isadapted to the said seat and arm, and is attached to the same bytransverse strips 12 b on its under side, fittedto correspondingtransverse guiding-grooves 1), formed in the seat A. The said frame isprevented from being entirely withdrawn from the seat by stops at theends of the guiding-grooves, and

it is supported, when drawn outward, as shown in Fig. 1, by supplementalfeet a, with which the said frame is provided on its outer edge, thesaid feet, when the frame is pushed inward, lying close up to the feet aof the lounge and being thus partially concealed from view. The frame Dis upholstered throughout, or has a cushion, F, secured to it, and tothe inner end of this cushion is attached a somewhat thicker foldingcushion, F. This latter cushion, when the frame is pushed inward overthe seat and arm of the lounge, is folded down upon the cushion F, asshown in Figs. 2 and 4; but when the frame D is drawn outward from thelounge, as shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 5, the said cushion F is thrown overonto the seat A and arm B of the lounge, so as to form. with the cushionF a continuous upholstered bed or couch with an inclined upholsteredhead.

Claim.

In testimony whereof we have signed our 4 names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE HARTZELL. JOHN P. REIFSNEIDER. Witnesses:

J NO. B. HARDING, F. B. RIGHARDS.

